United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026
Latest action · Feb 12, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026
This bill repeals the trade embargo on Cuba and other provisions restricting trade and travel to Cuba.
Specifically, the bill (1) removes restrictions on certain transactions related to trademarks used in connection with a confiscated business or asset, (2) extends nondiscriminatory treatment (i.e., normal trade relations treatment) to Cuban products, and (3) prohibits and rescinds limits on remittances to Cuba.
The bill authorizes common carriers to provide telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba. In addition, travel by U.S. citizens and residents to Cuba may not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would be lawful in the United States.
The President shall take all necessary steps to engage with Cuba to (1) negotiate settlements relating to claims that Cuba had taken the property of U.S. nationals, and (2) secure the protection of internationally recognized human rights. The President may, with respect to Cuba, impose new export controls and exercise powers related to declared national emergencies.
The President must submit a specified determination about a foreign country to Congress prior to denying an income tax credit for taxes paid to the foreign country.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2026 to Sep 2, 2026; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Feb 13, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Sep 2, 2026 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2026 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2026 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2026 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2026 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2026 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2026Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2026Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4689, H4690 | James P. McGovern D-MA, Maxine Dexter D-OR | Jul 21, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 30, February 12, 2026, page H2220.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 136 | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 16, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2026Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
